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Guide to the Howard Hughes Public RelationsReference Files

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Guide to the Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files

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Table of Contents

Summary Information ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Biographical Note ............................................................................................................................................ 4

Scope and Contents Note ................................................................................................................................ 5

Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................... 6

Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................. 6

Related Materials ............................................................................................................................................. 7

Names and Subjects ........................................................................................................................................ 7

Collection Inventory ........................................................................................................................................ 8

Aviation, aerospace, and defense industries ................................................................................................ 8

Legal disputes ............................................................................................................................................... 9

Dick Hannah's records from Carl Byoir & Associates .............................................................................. 12

Rosemont Enterprises, Inc. ......................................................................................................................... 12

RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. and Media ........................................................................................................ 12

Howard Hughes' personal life .................................................................................................................... 15

People associated with Howard Hughes .................................................................................................... 16

Watergate .................................................................................................................................................... 17

Photographs and audiovisual material ........................................................................................................ 17

Organized crime and gambling .................................................................................................................. 18

Summa Corporation and Nevada ............................................................................................................... 19

Subject files ................................................................................................................................................. 19

Books, directories and plaques ................................................................................................................... 20

Chronological newspaper clippings ............................................................................................................ 20

Unsorted newspaper clippings .................................................................................................................... 21

Restricted materials ..................................................................................................................................... 23


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Summary Information

Repository: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. SpecialCollections and Archives.

Collector: Hannah, Dick, 1915-1976

Title: Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files

ID: MS-00380

Date [inclusive]: 1931-1997

Date [bulk]: 1946-1976

Physical Description: 120.08 Cubic Feet (116 boxes)

Physical Description: 106.89 Linear Feet

Language of theMaterial:

English

Abstract: The Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files (1931-1997)were compiled by Richard "Dick" Hannah, vice-president of the LosAngeles public relations firm Carl Byoir & Associates, which washired to direct public relations for Hughes' companies. The collectionis primarily composed of newspaper clippings organized into referencefiles. A significant number of the files contain articles about HowardHughes' personal life, the operations of his companies, and legal andpolitical disputes involving Hughes and his companies. The files alsodocument a range of other subjects related to his business ventures,including aviation, aerospace, defense industries, motion picturestudios, film stars, communism in Hollywood, and the House onUn-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Later in life Hughesbecame obsessed with how he was being portrayed in the media.In addition to collecting magazine articles, newspaper clippings,transcripts, screenplays, and books that referenced him. He alsocollected newspaper clippings about the activities of print media outlets,columnists, radio-television stations, current and former employees, andcompetitors. The collection also contains newspaper clippings aboutWatergate, organized crime, gambling, and Las Vegas and containspress releases, correspondence and records generated by Carl Byoir &Associates as well as Rosemont Enterprise, Inc.

Preferred Citation Note

Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files, 1931-1997. MS-00380. Special Collections andArchives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Biographical Note

American businessman Howard Hughes was born September 24, 1905 in Houston, Texas. Hughes' businesscareer began when he gained control of Hughes Tool Company in 1924 at the age of 19, following hisfather's death. An indifferent student, he withdrew from Rice University, married Ella Rice and moved toLos Angeles, where he directed and produced a number of films including Everybody's Acting (1927), TwoArabian Knights (1928), The Racket (1928), Hell's Angels (1930), and The Front Page (1931). The lastfour either won or were nominated for Academy Awards. However, in 1943 he ran afoul of the Hollywoodproduction codes with The Outlaw. Through a carefully orchestrated campaign to ban the film, he drumed updemand for the film, obtained a distributor for nationwide release, and recouped his investment.

Hughes was also an avid aviation enthusiast and in 1932 he formed Hughes Aircraft Company as a divisionof Hughes Tool Company to support his passion for flying. In 1935, he set the land speed record in hisplane, the Hughes H-1 Racer. In 1937 Hughes, in a modified version of the Hughes H-1 Racer, set a newtranscontinental airspeed record. The following year he completed a record-breaking flight around theworld. During the Second World War, Hughes Aircraft Company won defense contracts to develop high-speed pursuit and reconnaissance aircraft and communication systems. In 1946, while flying the XF-11,an experimental prototype, Hughes almost died when the plane crashed. Undeterred, Hughes chose to flyanother prototype the H-4, better known as the Flying Boat or 'Spruce Goose,' a gargantuan wooden cargoplane. In 1947, Hughes piloted the plane on its first and last flight, during which it traveled just one mile andnever climbed more than 70 feet above Long Beach Harbor in California.

During this same period, Hughes appeared before the U.S. Senate to counter assertions that he was a warprofiteer. In spite of aviation failures and senate investigations, Hughes Aircraft Company became a majorinnovator in radar, avionics, and missiles. However due to Hughes' erratic management style, many keymanagers and executives resigned and threatened the ability of the company to fulfill its contracts withthe U.S. Air Force. Threatened with having the contracts pulled, Hughes remove himself from activeinvolvement with Hughes Aircraft. In 1953, he made the company a subsidiary of the Howard HughesMedical Institute, a tax-exempt entity.

After Hughes Tool Company acquired a controlling interest in RKO Radio Pictures Inc. in 1948, Hughesbecame the head of one of the largest motion picture studios in Hollywood. By the early 1950s, the growingfear that Communists had infiltrated Hollywood forced Hughes to take action to root out Communists andtheir influence in his studio, or face condemnation by HUAC and the American Legions' Anti-CommunistCrusade. Although on the periphery of the United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. an antitrust case alsoknown as the 'Divorcement,' RKO was affected by the ruling that effectively ended the studio system inHollywood. More importantly, RKO was not making well-received films and Howard Hughes did notprovide the leadership the studio needed. As a result Hughes opted to sell the company in 1955 and walkedaway with a $6.5 million profit, while retaining the rights to films he was personally involved with.

On November 27, 1966, Howard Hughes moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and took up residence on the topfloor of the Desert Inn Hotel. Hughes purchased real estate in Las Vegas and started the Summa Corporationin 1972, as a holding company that managed Hughes' remaining investments and primarily developedand managed the Hughes real estate holdings on the west side of the Las Vegas Valley. After a number


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of abrupt moves to hotels outside the United States, Hughes died on April 5, 1976. Weeks after his deatha handwritten will was found, known as the "Mormon Will" that gave over a billion dollars to variouscharities. The Nevada State Court declared the will a forgery in 1978.

Sources:

"Howard Hughes Biography." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Accessed April 17, 2018. http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ho-Jo/Hughes-Howard.html.

Nix, Elizabeth. "History stories: 7 Things you may not know about Howard Hughes." CNN online. lastmodified July 7, 2015. https://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-howard-hughes.

"Welcome Home Howard!"UNLV. Accessed April 17, 2018. http://digital.library.unlv.edu/hughes/index.php


Scope and Contents Note

The Howard Hughes Public Relations Reference Files (1931-1997) were compiled by Howard Hughes'public relations director Richard (Dick) Hannah. Hannah was the account executive and vice-president ofthe Los Angeles public relations firm Carl Byoir & Associates, which was hired to oversee and direct thepublic relations of the companies controlled by Hughes.

Although the collection contains a small amount of correspondence, press releases and records from CarlByoir & Associates, it is primarily composed of newspaper clippings organized into reference files. Thesefiles document Howard Hughes' achievements as an aviation pioneer, studio head, director, and producer,and developer of Las Vegas. The files also chronicle his personal life, mental decline, death, and the fightfor control of his estate. They also describe the operations and legal disputes of companies controlled byHughes, including Hughes Tool Company, Hughes Aircraft Company, RKO Radio Pictures Inc., HughesProductions, Trans World Airlines (TWA), Hughes Air West, and Summa Corporation. Hughes' Flying Boat(H-4), XF-11 crash, and appearance before the 1947 Senate hearings are also covered as is Hughes' fightfor control of TWA. Hughes' conflicts with against Clifford Irving and McGraw-Hill and former top aidesRobert Maheu, Noah Dietrich, and John Meier are also documented.

The collection also includes reference files about numerous subjects and people of interest to HowardHughes and his companies. Aviation, aerospace, defense industries, motion picture studios, film stars,communism in Hollywood, HUAC, employees, business competitors, Watergate, organized crime andgambling, Las Vegas motels and hotels, and the Atomic Energy Commission are all well represented in thefiles. Hughes was particularly concerned with his depiction in the media so extensive files were kept oncolumnists, newspapers, magazines and radio-television stations.

The collection also contains some records from Rosemont Enterprise, Inc. a company created by Hughes'lawyer Chester Davis in 1965 with the purpose of collecting and controlling all literary material past,present, and future about Hughes. The Rosemont files contain investigative reports on a number of


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journalists and unpublished screenplays, books, and articles, about Hughes. In some cases writers were paidby Rosemont to author positive stories about Hughes.


Arrangement

This collection is organized into sixteen series:

Series I. Aviation, aerospace, and defense industries, 1946-1976;

Series II. Legal disputes, 1947-1976;

Series III. Dick Hannah's records from Carl Byoir & Associates, 1946-1976;

Series IV. Rosemont Enterprises, Inc., 1964-1973;

Series V. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. and media, 1946-1976;

Series VI. Howard Hughes' personal life, 1941-1987;

Series VII. People associated with Howard Hughes, 1947-1976;

Series VIII. Watergate, 1960-1976;

Series IX. Photographs and audiovisual material, 1934-1997;

Series X. Organized crime and gambling, 1967-1976;

Series XI. Summa Corporation and Nevada, 1955-1976;

Series XII. Subject files, 1948-1976;

Series XIII. Books, directories, and plaques, 1931-1977;

Series XIV. Chronological newspaper clippings, 1971-1976;

Series XV. Unsorted newspaper clippings, 1946-1977;

Series XVI. Restricted material, 1969-1975.


Administrative Information

Access Note

Collection is open for research, with the exception of materials that are closed in accordance with NevadaRevised Statute (NRS) 463.120. Restrictions are noted at the file level of this inventory. Where use copiesdo not exist, production of use copies is required before access will be granted; this may delay researchrequests. Advanced notice is required.


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Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Useon the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions andpermissions to publish.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 1996 by the Howard Hughes Corporation of Las Vegas; accession number1996-21.

Processing Note

The material was partially processed and inventoried by Special Collections staff. In July 2014, HannahRobinson wrote the collection description and subsequently entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Brooks Whittaker and Chris Bruce arrangedand rehoused approximately half the collection, and revised the collection description to bring it intocompliance with current professional standards.


Related Materials

Related Collections

The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection:

Howard Hughes Public Relations Photograph Collection, 1930-1950. PH-00373. Special Collections andArchives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Howard Hughes Professional and Aeronautical Photographs, 1916-1997. PH-00321. Special Collectionsand Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Hughes Electronics Corporation Records, 1935-2003. MS-00485. Special Collections and Archives,University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.


Names and Subjects

• Public relations• Organized crime• Photographs

http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions


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• Hughes Flying-boat (Seaplane)• Las Vegas (Nev.) -- History• Carl Byoir & Associates• Hughes Tool Company• Hughes Aircraft Company• Summa Corporation -- History• RKO Radio Pictures• Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976

Collection Inventory

Aviation, aerospace, and defense industries, 1946-1976Physical Description: 13.4 Cubic Feet (15 boxes)


Scope and Contents Note: The aviation, aerospace and defense industries series contains reference files of newspaperclippings dating from 1946-1976.. The primary focus is on the Hughes Aircraft Company, in terms of the developmentof aviation, radar, avionics, missiles, space and communications, innovations, and the expansion of company operations.There are also a number of files that relate to the Hughes Tool Company and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, thegeneral development of civilian and military aviation, aerospace, weapons systems, and defense issues.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by topic.

Title/Description Containers

box 01Newspaper clippings about the Hughes Flying Boat (H-4), 1947-1976

Physical Description: 43 Files box 02

Newspaper clippings about space and communications, 1957-1974

Physical Description: 41 Files

box 03

box 03

box 04

box 05

Newspaper clippings about Hughes Aircraft Company and Hughes Tool Company,1947-1976


box 08

box 05Newspaper clippings about the Glomar/Global Explorer and other CIA activities,1969-1976


Newspaper clippings about Hughes Aircraft Company and other Hughesoperations in Arizona, 1950-1974


box 07

Newspaper clippings about Hughes Aircraft Company in Culver City, 1948-1954


box 07

Newspaper clippings about other Hughes Aircraft and aviation activities,1950-1975

box 07


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Newspaper clippings about the Hughes Aircraft Company Plant in Florida, 1956


box 09

Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1947-1971


box 09

Newspaper clippings about Hughes philanthropy, scholarships, and fellowships,1947-1956


box 09

Newspaper clippings about U.S. military defense issues, 1949-1973


box 09

box 09

box 10

Newspaper clippings about aircraft and avionics, 1946-1974


box 11

Newspaper clippings about missiles, nuclear, biological and other weapon systems,1951-1973


box 10

box 12Newspaper clippings about aviation in general, 1946-1976


Newspaper clippings about Northeast Airlines, 1962-1965


box 14

Newspaper clippings about airline industry, 1962-1973


box 15

Newspaper clippings about world flight records, 1947


box 15


Legal disputes, 1947-1976Physical Description: 11.58 Linear Feet (11 boxes)

Physical Description: 13.3 Cubic Feet

Scope and Contents Note: The legal disputes series is largely composed of reference files of newspaper clippings datingfrom 1947-1976, as well as some legal documents. Over the course of Howard Hughes' life he and his companies wereinvolved in a large number of legal disputes, investigations, and hearings. This series contains material on Hughesappearance before the Senate Hearings of 1947, the political fight to build Dodger stadium in Chavez Ravine (LosAngeles, California) in the mid-1950s, the Oil Lease Probe of 1957, Hughes' fight for control of TWA and Air West,and Clifford Irving and his publisher McGraw-Hill. A number of smaller legal disputes are also documented. Severalof these involved trusted aides such as Noah Dietrich, John Meier, and Robert Mahue. However, it should be noted thatlegal disputes, investigations, and hearings related to RKO and HUAC are included in Series V.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by the name of the legal dispute or the name of the person(s) involved in the legaldispute with Howard Hughes or his companies.


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Trans World Airways

box 13Newspaper clippings about TWA in general, 1951-1973


Newspaper clippings about TWA executives, 1949-1965


box 16

Newspaper clippings about TWA plane crashes, 1956-1960


box 16

Newspaper clippings about TWA aircraft purchases, 1955-1963


box 16

box 16Newspaper clippings about TWA financing program, 1960-1964


Newspaper clippings about TWA opposition to Pan-Am and AmericanOverseas Airlines merger, 1947-1950


box 17

Newspaper clippings about TWA merger with Pan-Am, 1962-1963


box 17

box 17Newspaper clippings about TWA lawsuit, 1949-1965


Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes regaining control of TWA, 1964


box 19

Newspaper clippings about Supreme Court ruling on TWA lawsuit, 1970-1973


box 19

Legal documents related to TWA lawsuit, 1961-1972


box 18

Newspaper clippings about Air West, 1968-1976


box 20

Newspaper clippings about Dietrich, Noah, 1951-1976


box 21

Newspaper clippings about Meier, John, 1970-1975


box 21

Newspaper clippings about Mahue, Robert, 1967-1975


box 21

Other Hughes suits

Newspaper clippings about the Acapulco Towers/Arlington Park investigation,1970

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Newspaper clippings about the Anti-trust suit against RKO and other studios,1948-1949

box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Arditto, James J. suit, 1960-1969 box 23

Newspaper clippings about the B-36 contracts investigation, 1948 box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Balzer, Robert L. art theft probe, 1958 box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Bautzer, Gregson export suit, 1969-1970 box 23

Newspaper clippings about the CATV inquiry by FCC, 1970-1971 box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Goslin Corp. suit, 1953 box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Honolulu story, court exonerates Hughes ToolCompany, 1949

box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Internal Revenue Service and Howard Hughes,1957-1958


box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Las Vegas Sun vs. Summa Corporation, 1973 box 23

Newspaper clippings about the McCarthy, Glenn suit, 1973-1976 box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Parvin-Dohrmann suit, 1954 box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Teleprompter Corporation suit, 1969-1970


box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Trucking suit, 1967-1975 box 23

Newspaper clippings regarding various lawsuits against Howard Hughes andhis companies, 1953

box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Wall Street Journal investigation of HowardHughes, 1971

box 23

Newspaper clippings about the water and power transmission line dispute atCulver City plant, 1969-1970

box 23

Newspaper clippings about the Waters, Frank J. suit, 1956 box 23

Newspaper clippings regarding the fight to build Dodger Stadium in ChavezRavine, 1955-1958


box 24

Senate Hearings

Newspaper clippings about Brewster, Senator Owen, 1952-1960


box 24

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box 25

Newspaper clippings about the Senate Hearings, 1947-1948


box 26

Newspaper clippings about the Oil Lease probe, 1957-1958 box 26


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box 27Newspaper clippings about the Clifford Irving/McGraw Hill suit, 1971-1973



Dick Hannah's records from Carl Byoir & Associates, 1946-1976Physical Description: 1.75 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)


Scope and Contents Note: This series dates from 1946-1976 and contains correspondence, memos, newsletters,expenses, distribution lists, directories, and press releases generated by Dick Hannah and the staff of Carl Byoir &Associates, a public relations firm hired by Howard Hughes to oversee public relations for himself and his companies.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by material type and alphabetically.


box 29Correspondence, memos, newsletters, expenses, distribution lists, directories,1949-1976


Press releases, 1946-1947


box 30


Rosemont Enterprises, Inc., 1964-1973Physical Description: 1.75 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)


Scope and Contents Note: Rosemont Enterprises, Inc. was incorporated in 1965 by Chester C. Davis a lawyer forHoward Hughes, with the goal of protecting Hughes' privacy and promoting a positive image to the public throughapproved projects and lauding his many achievements. The series dates from 1964-1973 and contains correspondence onscreenplays and proposed projects as well as administrative records.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by material type and topic.


Files on individuals and screen plays, 1964-1973


box 31

Correspondence and administrative records, 1966-1970


box 36


RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. and Media, 1946-1976


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Physical Description: 9.28 Cubic Feet (9 boxes)


Scope and Contents Note: The RKO and media series dates from 1946-1976 and is primarily composed of referencefiles of newspaper clippings, relating to the general operations of RKO, the Stolking sale, the $23.5 million sale of RKOstock, and the purchase of RKO by Thomas F. O'Neil in 1955. It also contains a substantial amount of material aboutthe United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. antitrust case before the Supreme Court known as the "Divorcement,"which ended the studio system. Other suits that feature less prominently in the materials are the 1954 RKO Anti-trustsuit and a number of suits brought by actors. HUAC hearings, American Legion Anti-Communist crusade, communismin Hollywood and Howard Hughes' reaction to the perceived threat of communism in Hollywood all feature prominentlyin the material of this series.

Among the reference files there are a large number of files on the leading entertainers, film production companies,Radio-Television stations, newspapers, magazines, and columnists from 1949-1976. Also included in the series areproduction requests sent to Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation by RKO (1950-1953), a number of scandal andmovie magazines from the 1950s and 1960s, and memos about media subscriptions from Hughes Productions.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by topic and material type.


RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Newspaper clippings about RKO in general, 1948-1976


box 32

Newspaper clippings about the United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. anti-trust case, 1949-1952


box 32

Newspaper clippings about stock sale and stock holders suit, 1948-1954


box 32

Newspaper clippings about the RKO reorganization, 1949


box 33

Newspaper clippings about the Stolking sale, 1952-1953


box 33

Newspaper clippings about the $23.5 million purchase offer, 1954


box 33

Newspaper clippings about other interested buyers, 1954-1955


box 33

Newspaper clippings about the O'Neil sale, 1955


box 33

Newspaper clippings about the censorship ruling by Supreme Court, 1954 box 34

Newspaper clippings about layoffs at RKO, 1954


box 34

Newspaper clippings about the House Un-American Activities Committee(HUAC) and communism in Hollywood, 1951-1953

box 34


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Newspaper clippings about the RKO firing of Paul Jarrico after his appearancebefore HUAC, 1952-1955


box 34

Newspaper clippings about the American Legion campaign against"Limelight", 1953


box 34

Newspaper clippings about praise for Howard Hughes fighting communism inHollywood, 1952


box 34

Newspaper clippings about the communist influence in Hollywood, 1952-1954


box 34

Newspaper clippings about the RKO anti-trust suit, 1952 box 34

Newspaper clippings about the Lloyd, Harold suit, 1953 box 34

Newspaper clippings about the Gang, Martin suit, 1952-1954


box 34

Newspaper clippings about the Sheridan, Ann suit, 1951 box 34

Newspaper clippings about the Simmons, Jean suit, 1952


box 34

Newspaper clippings about film stars, 1949-1976


box 35

Newspaper clippings about films, 1946-1971


box 35

box 36Newspaper clippings about film and production companies, 1952-1973


Production requests sent to Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation by RKO,1950-1953


box 37

Newspaper clippings about radio-television stations, 1950-1976


box 37

Memos regarding media and subscriptions for Hughes productions, 1969-1971 box 38

Newspaper clippings about California newspapers, 1953-1971


box 38

box 38Newspaper clippings about magazines, 1952-1971


Newspaper clippings about miscellaneous newspapers, 1958-1973 box 39


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Newspaper clippings about New York newspapers, 1953-1971


box 39

Newspaper clippings about Nevada newspapers, 1962-1971


box 39

Scandal and movie magazines containing stories about Howard Hughes,1953-1968


box 39

box 39Newspaper clippings about columnists, 1951-1975



Howard Hughes' personal life, 1941-1987Physical Description: 8.68 Cubic Feet (8 boxes)


Scope and Contents Note: The series on Howard Hughes' personal life dates from 1941-1987 and is primarily composedof reference files of newspaper clippings that document Howard Hughes' life as an aviation leader, studio owner,philanthropist, and Las Vegas developer. His moves to Managua, Nicaragua, Vancouver, British Columbia, London,England, the Bahamas, and Acapulco, Mexico near the end of his life are also well documented as are his ex-wives,death, and the legal fight for his estate. The series also includes transcripts of radio and television interviews, magazinearticles, and books about Hughes. There are also a number of biographies on Hughes, press releases, and correspondencebetween between Carl Byoir & Associates staff and individuals or organizations.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by topic and material type.


Awards, biographies, and correspondence

Correspondence regarding interview requests, 1947-1969


box 41

Correspondence and awards related to Howard Hughes' role in aviation,1946-1987


box 41

Biographies prepared by Carl Byoir & Associates staff, 1941-1976


box 41

Correspondence, photographs, and transcripts related to Howard Hughes' pressconference, 1972


box 41

Correspondence and press releases related to depictions of Howard Hughes inmedia, 1948-1976


box 41

Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes' life, 1946-1976


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box 41

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box 43

Radio-TV reports, transcripts of stories, and interviews about Hughes, 1971-1976


box 43

Howard Hughes' relocations in years prior to death

Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes in Nicaragua and Vancouver,British Columbia, 1972-1973


box 44

Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes in London, England, 1973 box 44

Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes in the Bahamas, 1969-1974


box 44

Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes' death in Acapulco, Mexico, 1976 box 44

box 44Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes' death and estate, 1975-1976


Newspaper clippings about the ex-wives of Howard Hughes, 1969-1976


box 46

Books about Howard Hughes, 1971-1976

Physical Description: 17 Items

box 46

box 47Magazines with articles about Howard Hughes, 1947-1976

Physical Description: 124 Items box 48


People associated with Howard Hughes, 1947-1976Physical Description: 1.15 Cubic Feet (1 box)


Scope and Contents Note: The people associated with Howard Hughes series dates from 1947-1976 and is composedentirely of reference files of newspaper clippings that document Hughes employees, business associates, competitors,and relatives, as well as politicians and government officials that were of interest to Hughes.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by relationship to Howard Hughes.


Newspaper clippings about Hughes employees, 1948-1976


box 49

Newspaper clippings about Hughes business associates and competitors,1948-1976

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Newspaper clippings about politicians and government officials, 1947-1975


box 49

Newspaper clippings about relatives of Howard Hughes, 1956 box 49


Watergate, 1960-1976Physical Description: 5.77 Cubic Feet (5 boxes)


Scope and Contents Note: The Watergate series dates from 1960-1976 and is composed entirely of reference files ofnewspaper clippings that document the Senate hearings, impeachment vote, and resignation of the President Richard M.Nixon. Hughes' political contributions and financial ties to the president's brother, Donald Nixon and other key figuresare also contained in the series.

Arrangement: Materials remain as they were received.


box 51Newspaper clippings about Watergate in general, 1972-1976


Newspaper clippings about Howard Hughes' loan to Donald Nixon, 1960-1968


box 50

Newspaper clippings about political contributions made by Howard Hughes,1972-1976


box 50

box 53Newspaper clippings about individuals involved in Watergate, 1972-1976



Photographs and audiovisual material, 1934-1997Physical Description: 1.75 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)


Scope and Contents Note: The photographs and audiovisual material series dates from 1934-1997 and is primarilycomposed of photographs, slides, and negatives. It also contains two unlabeled magnetic audio tape reels and oneunlabeled short color film reel.

Many images in the series feature Howard Hughes along with the planes he used to set speed and endurance records.The series also contains images of the Hughes Flying Boat (H-4), XF-11, Hughes blimp, and other non-aviationoperations. Also documented are several Hughes production plants and offices and RKO promotional images of motionpicture scenes and movie stars. There are a smaller number of large photographs featuring Hughes properties andexecutives meeting in Las Vegas, circa 1969.

Arrangement: Materials remain in original order.


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Conditions Governing Access: Where use copies do not exist, production of use copies is required before access will begranted; this may delay research requests. Advanced notice is required.


Photographs of Howard Hughes the aviator and aeronautical pioneer, 1934-1978


box 55

Photographs of the Hughes Flying Boat (H-4), 1946-1947


box 55

Photographs of Hughes XF-11, 1946-1947


box 55

Photographs of Hughes Blimp and other Hughes operations, 1946-1969


box 55

Photographs of Hughes production plants and offices, 1941-1997


box 55

Promotional images of motion picture scenes and movie stars, 1943-1955


box 55

Slides and large photographs of Hughes operations and executive meeting in LasVegas, 1969


box 56

Audiovisual materials, 1970-1979

Physical Description: 2 Reels 1/4 inch magnetic audio tape

Physical Description: 2 Reels 1/2 inch film

box 56


Organized crime and gambling, 1967-1976Physical Description: 4.66 Cubic Feet (5 boxes)


Scope and Contents Note: The organized crime and gambling series is composed entirely of reference files ofnewspaper clippings that document organized crime and gambling in general in the United States.

Arrangement: Some materials are arranged alphabetically and some are arranged chronologically.


box 57Newspaper clippings arranged alphabetically by topic, 1967-1976


Newspaper clippings arranged chronologically by date, 1976


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Summa Corporation and Nevada, 1955-1976Physical Description: 6.47 Cubic Feet (8 boxes)


Scope and Contents Note: The Summa Corporation and Nevada series dates from 1955-1976 and is composed almostentirely of reference files of newspaper clippings that contain materials related to Las Vegas and Nevada, hotels andcasinos in Las Vegas, Las Vegas in general, and mining operations primarily in Nevada as well as materials about theSumma Corporation operations and Atomic Energy Commission.

Arrangement: Materials pertaining to Las Vegas are arranged alphabetically. Other materials are arranged by topic.


box 58Newspaper clippings about Las Vegas arranged into subject files, 1967-1976


box 58

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Newspaper clippings about Las Vegas hotels and casinos, 1967-1976


box 60

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Newspaper clippings about Nevada arranged into subject files, 1957-1976


box 63

Newspaper clippings about mining operations primarily in Nevada, 1955-1976


box 63

Newspaper clippings about the Summa Corporation, 1972-1976


box 64

Newspaper clippings about the Atomic Energy Commission, 1968-1975


box 65

Newspaper clippings about Las Vegas in general, 1969


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Subject files, 1948-1976Physical Description: 2.50 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)



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Scope and Contents Note: The subject file series dates from 1948-1976 and is composed almost entirely of referencefiles of newspaper clippings, except for a file composed of world, regional, and state maps. The reference files in thisseries cover a wide range of topics of interest to Howard Hughes and his companies.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Newspaper clippings about subjects A-L, 1967-1976


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Newspaper clippings about subjects L-T, 1948-1974


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Newspaper clippings about subjects T-Z, 1967-1975


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Maps, 1968-1976 box 68


Books, directories and plaques, 1931-1977Physical Description: 1.15 Cubic Feet (1 box)


Scope and Contents Note: The books, directories, and plaques series dates from 1931-1977 and is composed of books,directories, and plaques. The books are about aviation, navigation, photography, and art. One of the directories is analumni directory for Thatcher School in Ojai, California, where Howard Hughes was a student from 1922-1923. Theplaques were awarded to Hughes Productions by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the UnitedCrusade.

Arrangement: Materials are arranged by material type.


Books about aviation, navigation, photography, and art, 1931-1963


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Plaques awarded to Hughes productions, 1967-1973


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Directories and indexes, 1947-1977


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Chronological newspaper clippings, 1946-1976Physical Description: 12.69 Cubic Feet (11 boxes)


Scope and Contents Note: The chronological newspaper clippings series dates from 1946-1976 is composed entirely ofreference files of newspaper clippings that are organized only by date.


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Arrangement: Materials are arranged chronologically.


Newspaper clippings, 1946 June-1947 November box 106

Newspaper clippings, 1946-1949 box 109

Newspaper clippings, 1947 box 110

Newspaper clippings, 1971 April-1973 March


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Newspaper clippings, 1972 August-1972 December box 108

Newspaper clippings, 1973 March-1974 July


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Newspaper clippings, 1973 November-1973 December


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Newspaper clippings, 1974 March-1974 June


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Newspaper clippings, 1974 May-1974 November


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Newspaper clippings, 1974 July-1974 September


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Newspaper clippings, 1974 June-1974 November


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Newspaper clippings, 1975 January-1975 April box 107

Newspaper clippings, 1975 December-1976 April


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Newspaper clippings, 1976 January-1976 September


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Newspaper clippings, 1976 January-1976 May


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Newspaper clippings, 1976 February-1976 April


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Unsorted newspaper clippings, 1946-1977Physical Description: 24.33 Cubic Feet (21 boxes)


Scope and Contents Note: The unsorted newspaper clippings series dates from 1946-1977 and is composed of loose,enveloped, and boxed newspaper clippings sent from a number of press clipping services at the request of Carl Byoir &


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Associates. These clippings were never sorted by Carl Byoir & Associate staff. In some instances the envelopes or boxescontaining the newspaper clippings are dated, but a substantial proportion are undated.

Arrangement: Materials remain as they were received.


Unsorted newspaper clippings, 1946 box 103

Unsorted newspaper clippings, 1946


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Unsorted newspaper clippings, 1946-1947


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Unsorted newspaper clippings, 1952-1976 box 111



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Unsorted newspaper clippings, 1976 January-1976 June box 115



Restricted materials, 1969-1975Physical Description: 0.29 Cubic Feet (1 box)


Conditions Governing Access: Materials are closed in accordance with NRS463.120

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Title PageSummary InformationBiographical NoteScope and Contents NoteArrangementAdministrative InformationRelated MaterialsControlled Access HeadingsCollection InventoryAviation, aerospace, and defense industriesLegal disputesDick Hannah's records from Carl Byoir & AssociatesRosemont Enterprises, Inc.RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. and MediaHoward Hughes' personal lifePeople associated with Howard HughesWatergatePhotographs and audiovisual materialOrganized crime and gamblingSumma Corporation and NevadaSubject filesBooks, directories and plaquesChronological newspaper clippingsUnsorted newspaper clippingsRestricted materials

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